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Patented Nov. 22, 1887'.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.,

VALFRED BARDELL, OF BROOKLYN, NEW YORK.

REED-ORGAN.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 373,714, dated November22, 1887. l Application filed July 21, 1887. Serial No. 244,905. (Nomodel.)

To aZZ whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, ALFRED BARDELL, a cxtlzen of the United States,residing at Brookrlyn, in the county of Kings and State of New York,have invented new and useful Improve ments in Musical Instruments, ofwhich the following is a specification.

This invention relates to improvements in musicalr instruments-such asorgans, melodeons, and the like-as set forth in the followingspecification and claims, and illustrated in the accompanying drawings,in which- Figure l is a section in the planea Fig. 3. Fig. 2 is asection in theplanexx, Fig. l, and on a larger scale than Fig. l. Fig. 3is a section in the plane y y, Fig. 1.

Similar letters indicate corresponding parts.

In the drawings,the letter A indicates a key connecting by a pin orwire, B, with the valve.

C. When the key is actuated so as to open the valve, air passes from thewind chest D and actuates the reed E,so as to cause vibration of air inthe pipe F. A'sound is thus produced.

In Fig. 2 are vshown two reeds, E, for each valve G.

The pipes F have openings G communicating with openings H in thesounding-pipes I. As seen in Fig. l, the sounding pipes are formed intwo parts, placed atan angle to one another,

whereby the soundingpipes are lengthened while occupying a comparativelysmall space. The proper lengthening of the soundingpipes Iincreasestheir efficiency. Said sounding pipes are provided with one ormore exit-openings K for the escape of the sound, andthe sides or wallsof the sounding pipes are thinned,as at L, by being hollowed orconcaved. The thinning of said walls makes said walls vibratory, so thattheyvreadilyV respond to the sound or vibrations of air, and the pipes Ithus serve to increase the volume of sound emitted from the instrument.

By providing each organ or melodeon pipe F with a sounding-pipe, I, madeto act in connection with said organ or melodeon pipe, the volume ofsound will be increased; also, by making the roof or cover orside M,Fig. 3, ofthe pipeFcorrugated, bent, or wavy, the surface of said roofwill be increased; and as said roofis vibratory, proper increase of itssurface tends to increase the volume of sound. By properly placing awavy or corrugated cover, M, over a series of pipes, F, said cover M canbe made to act as an efficient sounding-board.

What I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

l. The combination,in an organ or melodeon,

reedpipe, the sounding-pipe extending hori zontally above the reed-pipeand at one end extending vertically and provided at its upper portionwith an opening or openings, K, for the escape of the sound,substantially as described.

3. The combination, in an organ or melodeon, of the windchest D, thereed-pipe F, andthesounding-pipe I,in communication with the reed-tubeand having its walls concaved, so as to vibrate, substantially asdescribed.

4. The combination, in an organ or melodeon, ofthe wind-chest Dv,thereed-pipeFand the sounding pipe I, in communication with the reed-pipe,and above the same and at one end extending vertically, the soundingpipe having its walls concaved so as to vibrate,sub stantially asdescribed.

5. The combination, in an organ or melo deon, ofthe wind-chest D, thereed pipes F, the sounding-pipes I, in communication with thereed-pipes, and the corrugated roof M,cov ering the reed-pipes below thesounding-pipes, substantially as described.

6. The combination of the horizontal reedpipes F and the sounding pipesI above the same, said pipes having communicating openings G H with thecorrugated roof M, covering In testimony whereof I have hereunto set thereed-pipes below the sounding-pipes, submy hand and seal in the presenceof two sublo stantially as described. scribing Witnesses.

7. The combination, with an organ or melodeon, of a reed-pipe, F, and asounding-pipe, ALFRED BARDELL' [L' S] I, said pipes arranged beside eachothel1 and Witnesses: having communicating openingsv G H, snb- V. C.HAUFF, stantial'ly as described. E. F. KASTENHUBER.

